In the midst of a massive military recruiting crisis and Republicans taking the House, the misguided vaccine mandate may be on its way out.
Final defense legislation set to be unveiled next week could undo the Pentagon’s policy of kicking out troops for not taking the Covid vaccine, the Democratic chair of the House Armed Services Committee said Saturday.
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said a rollback of the policy is on the table for a compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act, but hasn’t been decided yet.
“We haven’t resolved it, but it is very fair to say that it’s in discussion,” Smith told POLITICO on the sidelines of the Reagan National Defense Forum. He noted that the mandate may not be logical anymore.
“I was a very strong supporter of the vaccine mandate when we did it, a very strong supporter of the Covid restrictions put in place by DoD and others,” he added. “But at this point in time, does it make sense to have that policy from August 2021? That is a discussion that I am open to and that we’re having.”
Biden’s Secretary of Defense insists that vaccine segregation must remain, yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he wants to keep the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place to protect the health of the troops, as Republican governors and lawmakers press to rescind it.
“We lost a million people to this virus,” Austin told reporters traveling with him Saturday. “A million people died in the United States of America. We lost hundreds in DOD. So this mandate has kept people healthy.”
“I’m the guy” who ordered the military to require the vaccine, Austin added. “I support continuation of vaccinating the troops.”
One million people and hundreds in DOD. The stupidity of this argument speaks for itself.
The latest DOD totals showed 690 deaths, of those only 96 were military. Last time I checked was in July and there were 95 military deaths.
The vast majority of deaths involved civilians. The people most at risk here are the elderly, immune compromised and otherwise not the healthy men that the military needs. Austin has no medical argument to make here, but the vaccine mandate was never actually a medical issue.
It was a political one that was part of the larger ideological purge of the military.
It fulfills the Biden administration’s true objective of purging conservatives from the only remaining part of the federal government whose personnel are largely conservative. Democrats are hollowing out another part of the federal government to make it an even bigger sinecure for their people while driving everyone who isn’t part of their political machine.
That’s why Austin continues to stand by it even as Democrats are abandoning it.
LuzMaria says
Yet another stupid statement from our obese AA Sec of Def. January 3rd, wacko his salary and legislate him so he cannot take a paycheck from anyone in the mil/industry complex. Same with the obese, incompetent and traitorous tranny Millie. Kick them out!
gary L klopp says
He is a treasonous asshole and should die in proson
Debbie l Blue says
THE REPUBLICANS NEED TO IMPEACH THIS GUY
JS says
Yea, but sad to say they won’t. For the most part, they are all weak and/or corrupted.
Nunaya Beezwhacks says
The list for impeachment is long.
Milly says
The military is about to have a serious discipline problem on their hands from all of the troops who reluctantly took the COVID shots. Now, all of the sudden nobody needs the shots, because it was all a scam in the first place. Mutiny might be on a lot of troops’ minds. This is what Lloyd Austin is concerned about.
stpaulchuck says
the term “fragging” comes to mind
Challange says
Both He and Chairman Smith obviously don’t understand the Military system…..His comment…”Order’s cannot be compromised” !!! Mandates in and of themselves are not “Orders” and giving the individual Grunt the “Option” of taking the shots or get out of the military is a COMPROMISE !!!! Just a small example of just how unqualified the Biden Cabinet has become !!!
Mark Bergman says
Lloyd Austin, “I was only following orders.”
Thomas James says
The vaxes were not only ineffective from the start, but they cause life-threatening side effects. Anyone with a brain has known this since Apr-2020, when the first reports of same came out. The fact that Lloyd Austin still considers them essential only proves that he is incapable of rational thought, and has no business being the US SecDef.
Mike Jefferson says
He is competing with Petey and Kamalamadingdong for the single dumbest person in the Biden cabinet apart from the “big guy” himself.
Razorwood says
VLIQI (Very Low IQ Individual)
Jmiller says
Actually I think he knows exactly what is happening snd the detriment to our military by his orders is intentional!
herdzcatz says
So YOU’RE the guy to be tried first at Nuremberg 2 on behalf of all the abuse and trauma to our military caused by your mandate.
Antiglobalist says
An affirmative action promotion receiepent who is too ignorant to keep his mouth shut and too arrogant to realize he is way out of his depth. He thinks a deep voice equals competence as he attempts to mimic James Earle Jones portraying a General in a movie role.
Joseph Drake says
The order from the “Illustrious” Secretary of Defense was for shots fully approved by the FDA. To date, those shots are still not available to our active duty or reserve troops, but they still discharge personnel for refusing to receive the shot. Not that the FDA approved shots are any better than the Emergency Approval shots. Totally unconstitutional mandates that serve only to weaken our military.
Sid says
Well he’s been right about everything else. Look at his successes in Afghanistan.
Algorithmic Analyst says
They need to change the definition of vaccine back to what it was before, and have clinical trials before using a vaccine widely. Something often goes wrong which only comes out in a clinical trial.
Part of a larger problem in science, beautiful theory meets ugly reality. Often a theory doesn’t work out in practice, often for quite surprising and unexpected reasons.
John says
They never will. It’s mrna from now on.
Diana says
Never got the Jabs and I never got sick The Vaccines are just a way to control You- and make you afraid to Die!!!! but the thing is Everyone who took and will take the Jabs are the ones who are Perishing. our own immune System can over come any Virus-use your best judgement when dealing with your own Body Your Body will always tell you what it needs. – Have a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year!!!!!
Mickorn says
Mandating vaccines for military personnel is de rigueur in every military in the world. The day I enlisted I was given a tetanus shot while standing on a line with the rest of the recruits. Nobody was asked for permission and nobody was told what was being put in our bodies.
Raise your hand if you think military personnel should not be vaccinated against tetanus.
Vaccinating troops against COVID is not “vaccine segregation”. It is a common sense public health measure based on extensive data and research. The fact that not many soldiers have died from COVID (obviously, since they tend to be young and healthy) is not, cannot be, should not be, the only criterion for deciding whether to vaccinate the troops.
This article, which is really just a rehash of someone else’s writing, is full of lies and misleading statements.
Colt Baldwin says
This is about Covid vaccines, the ones that don’t prevent Covid or the spread and are killing people.
Kicked out says
Fuck you. I hope you are vaxxed and boosted to the hilt you slimy Democrat satanist
Here read this if you are able asshole
Red Patriot says
Your las5 paragraph says it all.
Cj says
Amazing we let a guy who has 0 medical background make decisions for healthy military- who have had under 100 deaths from covid- and even those who died was it from or with covid? Most of these people have had covid- yeah the virus mutated to less! And we know there are treatments that one can do at home and we know common drugs like zpack, ivermectin, and hydroxichloriquin will stop hospitalization and death. It’s disgusting he is still allowed to have a voice
tomhoser says
The problem is the “vaccine” is experimental, not truly a vaccine by any metric, and , now that some time has passed, proven to be both ineffective and dangerous.
Brian says
Do you know of anyone that got tetanus after getting the tetanus shot?
“Common sense public health measure based on extensive data and research.” You mean like masks and 6 feet?
Do you know anyone that got covid after getting the covid shot? No wait…..how MANY people do you know that hot covid after the so called “vaccines”? Sheep
Baaaaa says
Early on people were misled with lies and ignorance. There wasn’t really an “anti vaxer” movement or any adverse information that was readily available. Calling those people sheep is wrong.
Honk Canuck says
It is incredibly amazing how so many sheeple dont understand the difference between a genuine vaccine and a cash grabbing experimental jab. But go ahead keep rolling up your sleeve to take a jab that will neither prevent you from contracting, spreading it or reduce your chance of a hospital admission for a respiratory infection. There are enough sanctimonious suckers to keep the cash coming in. LOL
WebUser says
Problem with this vaccine is that it is not a vaccine it is gene therapy. That is irrefutable. Second this shot and it’s boosters have not had long term studies. Third this shot and it’s boosters have proven to not prevent the spread of the virus. Nor have they proven to make symptoms milder. A tetanus shot does prevent one from getting tetanus. All the shots I received in the military had been proven to be effective at preventing whatever virus they were meant for. This your argument is futile and not comparable to what is really going on.
Matt says
MRNA EXPERIMENTAL SHOTS ARE NOT VACCINES AND THEY ARE NOT EFFECTIVE.
Brad says
Pure tripe on your part. First, it isn’t a vaccine, especially considering the definition has been changed to fit the clot shot being given. Second, there weren’t extensive studies done on the mRNA shot, and comparing them to actual vaccines is nothing more than a lie in itself. Third, after all the time that has passed, actual data exists now proving more damage is being done by the clot shot than actual good. You’re the one spreading lies and false information, but as always, the ends justify the means.
nuthinmuffin says
non sequitur…this “vaccine” does not prevent you from getting or spreading the virus. a this point it is purely political.
Grim says
⚰️⬅️When it happens to you, don’t say you weren’t warned, dumass.
John Dolce says
Went to the Dr 2 weeks ago. He asked if I’ve had the latest boosters. I said no and I’m done with them. He said if you get covid to call me and i will give you a script(i am 74) and a cancer survivor. Thanksgiving day we had the whole family for dinner. I tested positive the next day. I got a script and was 100% better in 5 days. My wife got it, better in 5 days. My 3 grandchildren and daughter also got it and better in 5 days. We didn’t need vaccines, just prescriptions that would make us better(which many drs would not prescribe during covid). That would have saved many many lives. I would think you are one of those idiots driving in their car with their mask on. That would make you the dumbass.
clayton says
Tetanus vaccine has been in use for about a century and is a true vaccine that only requires a ten year booster. Fully tested and approved. Covid shots are not tested, not approved and rae considered expirimental after almost 3 years with a high mortality rate. They changed the actual description for the term vaccine to cover for the failures of this toxic swill of rna puddled killer.
CowboyUp says
Tetanus shots are proven safe and effective, I’ve been asked when my last one was a lot in my lifetime, and used to get myself boosted every chance I got. Covid shots on the other hand, are proven to be neither.
We got 13 shots, and a second polio prick (nobody in my platoon hadn’t had the first one) in our second battery in basic, assembly line style (four of the medtechs had an injector in each hand), did pushups to work them in, and were all sick as dogs for the next week. But those were proven vaccines, not experamental gene therapy. War crimes level difference.
seanoairborne says
And you’re FOS!!
SNAKE USMC says
Shit for brains. When we raised our hand, we took a vow to UPHOLD the US Constitution, not the president. And to obey all LAWFUL ORDERS (notice the word LAWFUL) This is an UNLAWFUL ORDER. The Code itself explains exactly what it applies to, and even though the cases giving rise to the Code arose from medical experiments in Concentration Camps and involved forced medical experimentation on unwilling subjects, the core of the Nuremberg Code rose to the occasion and outlawed all kinds of forced medical procedures and therapies. Not just experimental procedures.“Any medical procedure or therapy that you don’t want to participate in, you have the full, free, and unprejudiced right to refuse. Period.”The Nuremberg Code makes FORCED vaccination illegal – along with all other forced medical procedures and therapies. The Nuremberg Code doesn’t single out vaccinations or any other procedure or therapy – it outlaws all forced procedures and therapies with the same broad brush. So if you want to be vaccinated, after being fully informed of all the possible downsides and consequences, after understanding exactly what the vaccine contains, after understanding that you will have extremely limited rights of recourse if you voluntarily take the injection and something goes wrong – then you are free to take your chances and do as you will. It’s your choice.
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MS100 says
What a useful idiot you are.
listenr says
Assuming that your intent is pure, it is astonishing to those of us who have figured out what has been taking place since 2020. Let me ask you a question, what are the top five news sources you ingest ideas from?
It seems to me, and likely to many of the other commenters that your news sources might be the cause of your clearly misguided views. Sharing that will help us identify the source of the problem.
Joe says
You are an idiot, you would be the one I would shoot in the head if I went to combat with a wuss like yourself!
Daniel Greenfield says
“This article, which is really just a rehash of someone else’s writing”
It’s not an article, it’s a post. Point posts are quick highlighted summaries of existing materials.
VOWG says
Raise your hand if you think the military should be given untested experimental gene therapy that could kill them, because of a flu virus.
tommy says
These aren’t “vaccines” they injecting them with.
Andy says
And you have not looked at the data regarding the carnage caused by the covid vaccines. That I know for sure. And yes, I stood in line and took my shots including anthrax which I regret to this day.
Colt Baldwin says
It began during the Kenyan administration when he purged over 200 Flag officers (Generals and Admirals), hundreds of other officers down to company grade, and thousands of seasoned senior non-commissioned officers. At the end of his reign, 80 percent of the Army brigades were not combat-ready, and the Air Force was drastically short of seasoned pilots.
Defense cuts resulted in hundreds of planes grounded, and army vehicles inoperable for lack of spare parts and other problems.. Now the officer corps is infested with Obama and Biden appointees in critical leadership positions under the thumb of a racist SECDEF and a JCS Chairman who is a disgrace to the uniform – both of them pre-occupied with gender issues, pronouns, drag queen shows, and Critical Race Theory.
CowboyUp says
It started in the clinton administration(when nobody was prosecuted for leaking a DoD personnel folder).when two officers were directly responsible. In fact, they were promoted. It just kicked into high gear in the hussien administration.
Merl Logsdon says
Milley & Austin should face the firing squad. In my capacity as an American citizen I would have n0 qualms pulling the trigger if asked to do so.
rocco barbella says
You can cut the “deaths from Covid” in half, maybe more. The hospitals and medical facilities were labeling every death as a Covid death. They never made the distinction between dying from Covid and dying with Covid. You had people who died of gun shot wounds, or car accidents being tagged as a Covid death because they were positive for the Virus.
In addition, the vaccine didn’t stop anyone from getting Covid, or stopping the spread of Covid. Everyone from the Biden admin to the media, and Leftist’s in the medical community lied.
Yet, these idiots want to double down on stupid.
CowboyUp says
Add to that the crt process generated lots of false positives, and you have the scamdemic. All that over a flu that was 0.13% lethal, rather than the 0.10% lethal of type A or B flu. What happens when it’s 5% or the 50% of the bubonic plague?
Dem-Smasher says
It is quite telling how Traitor Joe never required the illegals he’s unlawfully aiding and abetting to enter our country to get “vaccinated”…
As military recruitment has tanked due to it’s newfound “wokeness” and their “vaccine” mandate, they will offer the illegals they are bringing into the country automatic citizenship if they join the military. These illegals will then be able to vote and will have no problem following the Communist regime’s orders when they enact martial law against American citizens because the illegals will have no loyalty to our country.
The communist Biden regime currently in charge of our country, installed by Communist China, knows that if they can weaken our military from within, then there is no other country to stop what has always been their openly stated goal… World Global Domination.
Jim1937 says
I’d much rather ban Lloyd Austin, he is totally unfit to lead!
clayusmcret says
Democrat presidents have known for decades that the military votes conservative. Clinton tried to chip at it with Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and obama tried more with stripping away the inherent anti-gay stance required for good order and discipline. However, Biden finally had an actual tool he could use to scrape conservatives out of the military once and for all. Vaccination mandates! Who would refuse experimental vaccination mandates? Conservatives! So no wonder Austin wants congress to stand by this.
By the way, veterans have stopped suggesting or supporting friends or family joining the military. Why? No more conservative/fundamental military standards running the military any more.
Ken says
Every night as I fall asleep in my little bed my last thoughts are always on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and how thankful I am that we have such a man focused on our National Security and the priorities that make that possible. Oh no, wait a minute. My mistake, I thought I heard someone call out the name of MIGHTY MOUSE, who “comes to save the day.” Never mind, Austin isn’t that man or that mouse.
Recognizing Truth says
mRNA is not and never will be a “vaccine”.
It is and always will be a gene therapy that REPROGRAMS HUMAN CELLS TO MISBEHAVE in the hopes (which in over 40 years of research and attempts has NEVER been realized) that it will trigger the immune system to fight an actual pathogen that looks similar to something the human cells were reprogrammed to produce.
But instead it produces an AUTOIMMUNE reaction (it attacks YOUR cells) which is dangerous. And while “numbers” show that specific “antibodies” exist in abundance following the cell reprogramming – the EFFECT of those “numbers” of “antibodies” is NOT what’s is hoped for.
(a) They do not act protect against the actual pathogen, so infection, serious symptoms, and death are not diminished in mRNA recipients compared to those who abstained from the mRNA.
(b) The body rapidly begins to eliminate the “antibodies”, because our immune system recognizes they are AUTOIMMUNE keyed and most individuals’ immune systems expunge autoimmune reactions and factors.
(c) In those with compromised or susceptible immune systems, and in those who damage their immune system through repeated exposure to the mRNA, AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS and systemic INFLAMMATION results (heart damage, cancers, spontaneous abortions, damaged sperm production, decreased female fertility, re-susceptibility to old viruses for which the patient formerly had lifetime immunity, RA, Lupus, blood clots, strokes, and more).
Joe says
The author makes an excellent point that the purpose of the mandate is to drive out conservatives from the military. I would also suggest given the data that there is another purpose at work: to destroy our military from within so his puppet master, the CCP can march in and takeover this Country without a fight.
Yes, I would argue Lloyd Austin is committing treason.
Matt says
Austin is using the vax mandate to “wokify” recruits. He does not want the freedom loving, conservative unvaxxed among the ranks………….HE IS USING THE MANDATE TO HELP GROOM THE MILITARY INTO A LEFT WING ORG……THIS IS 100% BY DESIGN.
Ll says
Hey Lloyd what is the punishment for Treason?
Every American says
Austin is a traitor and should be put against a wall and shot as such. He’s hollowing out our armed forces to soften us up for a Communist attack.
Rumplestiltskin says
Hey Austin maybe you should shut your mouth before you become a target. Playing that idiotic unvaxed card is about as sick as you can get, especially now that we have all the information we need to prove that Big Pharma is using Americans as Guinea Pigs for untested drugs all in the name of profits.
They are killing Americans by the millions, and this is only the tip of the ice-berg as we will see down the road as more and more Americans end up with failed immune systems from that fake vaccine
If you decimate our military because of your political beliefs in support of Big Pharma, we WILL hold you accountable, if you even make it to court. CAPICHE ???
Greg Green says
Way past time to impeach this guy. And his little dog Milley too.
Razorwood says
You mean fat dog Milley.
JeffC says
Gen. Milley and SecDef Austin are F-ing morons. No wonder our military is in such sad share with these clowns at the helm. But then again, name one thing the Biden Admin hasn’t totally F’d up?
Merl Logsdon says
…….. Barry would say!
Brian says
January 2nd, 2022 Vaccine Injured Pilot Reveals:
“There Are Pilots That Are Going To Work With Crushing Chest Pains”
Garion60 says
This TRAITOROUS POS needs to be the first to feed the Tree of Liberty. She’s a thirsty girl. Let’s water her to save our America from these COMMUNIST GLOBALISTS.
FJB!! TRUMP WON!! 2022 WAS STOLEN!! MAGA!!
norman blake says
just another move by idi amin to rid america’s military of white conservative men
Crotte says
Just another traitor in Joey Boys band of perverts!!!!!!
D3F1ANT says
Shouldn’t they need to prove the Vax does something to stop/treat/prevent covid!? LOL!
CowboyUp says
Well, no, because they are Godlike in their powers. /s
Cam says
We did not lose1 million people to covid , it has never been proven to exist , . all other ’causes of death’ were changed to The covid lie , that is all / Kil all Covid Liars and Globalist Traitors and all ad DNA lgbtq sub humans
John says
Austin is a clown like the rest of the administration just like in the days of Hitler.
George Washington says
Adam Smith is either a complete Idiot or a NWO scumbag. Maybe both.
LastBoomer! says
Can we sit this guy down and have him watch “Died Suddenly” there is is a female military medical officer that states….the vaccine is having very negative health impact on those in our armed services….and stated we will not be in mission readiness as a result as the population dies off from the clot.
World@70 says
“I’m the guy”!!! Will that be Austin’s epitaph?
Roscoe P. Coaltrain says
That’s what you get when a total idiot is named as Defense Secretary
Damages says
Can anyone share the number of “sudden death”, “cardiac events”, etc., from Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, active, reserve, IRR, or Guard post jab mandate?
Various sources alluding to number of post jab deaths exceed covid-19/flu-19.
https://ussanews.com/2022/12/04/cdc-1-1-million-americans-died-suddenly-since-last-year-labelled-excess-deaths/
Cat says
if only some of this fervor about the vaccine was aimed at correcting our corrupt elections, we might somehow get our nation back.
Many elderly and immune compromised people get vaccinated at suggestion of doctors because they didn’t want to die. We had so many Covid deaths around here in 2020 and it scared people. The bioweapon was real and quite deadly especially for those in risk groups. Healthcare workers were forced to be vaccinated to continue working and helping others. Therefore, conservative leaning people have been vaccinated. . Remember that, please when you share scary statistics and details. They may be your relatives, neighbors, and may be like-minded voters.
Whatever these vaccines were, they sure didn’t stop Covid, which itself has bad long lasting effects for some people. What a total man made disaster!
Spurwing Plover says
From was toxic waste dump did Biden find this wacko?
Richard says
I believe Humana holds the insurance contract for DOD. They have been silenced by the white house now but in the 3rd and 4th quarter of 2021 with the first booster the receipts were showing a huge spike in cancers of all kinds and sterility in both genders. I suppose that would work well if you are trying to break the lineage in a multi-generational military family. Neurological was up 1000%. Our troops need better council.
El Toro says
Talk about incompetent, corrupted leaders in the armed forces!
reddog says
I am just appalled at how incompetent Biden’s* key staff are, Blinkin, Sullivan, Austin, Milley, are complete political hacks. One, Sullivan, is so far in over his head he can’t see out of the leftist hole that has him trapped. When all you hire are incompetents, back-benchers, and political operatives to run a country you are not trying to protect that country, you are simply projecting your political ideology and that is extremely corrosive for America. If America does not wake up before the 2024 election cycle, no amount of fixing is going to undo the damage these treasonous Democrats have inflicted.
Fred says
Do you think the U.S. Government really cares about the American people? Think really hard and research the real history of the United States.
Una Salus says
Mark Levin: We are moving toward a Democratic-run police state.
We will always be moving toward one because if we ever actually arrived then Republicans would have to do something beyond standard election cycle politics and that will never happen. To Mark’s credit he did try to push Convention of States.
Sputnik says
I imagine all the assholes profiting off the scamdemic are saying the same.
jeri says
This man has been destroying our Military since Biden got into office. This a planned take down of our Military. The Military doctor who was a Whistleblower said that we will not have a standing Military in 5 year. Our young men and women are seriously sick from the covid vaccine.. They are supposed to give religious exemptions, but instead telling them they are not religious enough. They are treating the ones that wont take it like criminals and we need these people in the Military.. Everyone is leaving and not re-enlisting… Our reservist are at the lowest they have ever been.
One company I know of is down from 125 soldiers to to 35. that is really bad.
Lloyd Austin needs to resign.
Ralph Kramden says
I think the quote is “vaccine segregation now, vaccine segregation tomorrow, vaccine segregation forever”